<p>I think Tmasterz only gives classes, and their locations might be pretty limited.</p>
<p>Mike,</p>
<p>I take great offense to your replies here, and for one main reason: you are twisting my words and putting words into my mouth, and I DON'T appreciate that. My review and subsequent replies contained my PERCEPTIONS (not facts), and that's all they are. I could be wrong, and I would love to be corrected, but you have to still accept them for what they were: initial perceptions. I'm glad to hear that you have contributed in the past to posts that did not concern your book. Notice that I NEVER directly accused you of definitely coming here only to market your book, nor did I never DIRECTLY accuse you of being "lazy" or "overconfident," and I CERTAINLY did not slight your students or doubt the intelligence or savvy of your customers. I did not say that I disliked your book. You put that into my mouth. You're reading WAY too much into my words, and, once again, I don't appreciate that. As a future lawyer, you should really take care not to misinterpret text or read too much into what may be meant to be taken merely literally.</p>
<p>I'm sorry if you feel I am personally attacking you, but I do think you are over-reacting. In reviews and posts of this kind, it's hard to avoid characterizing the author personally entirely. (You did not object to CCers posting that you sincerely wish to help people, did you?? That's a personal statement.) I believe I have stuck to the facts primarily. Yes, they involve my perceptions and opinions, but that's what a review is supposed to contain. I could be wrong about you and your book, and I appreciate your clarifying a few points here. But I still think I was entitled to my opinion. I was never emotional previously in evaluating your work. In fact, if anything, I tried to be cordial and helpful. But I am sensing increasingly more acrimony and hostility from your posts. If you don't feel that you need advice on how to run your life, for example, great. It was merely a friendly suggestion, and it did not require a hostile and defensive response. I think YOU are attacking me personally now (and you had been before as well in misinterpreting my words).</p>
<p>You have the right to stand up for yourself, of course -- I would do the same thing. I'm standing up for me right now. I ask that you not misinterpret my words or make unwarranted assumptions. For example, I NEVER said that I am uniquely qualified to evaluate your book. Point to the exact words or sentences in which I said that. You'll find that I didn't. Perhaps it was a little egotistic of me to say that I am one of the most capable people to critique the book, but given my experience and background, I did think that a review from me would be useful. And I think at least some people on this site would agree. You can disagree with that, but DON'T PUT WORDS INTO MY MOUTH!</p>
<p>I was going to respond to the rest of the points in a detailed manner, but now I'm not so sure given the tone of your most recent messages. I think you have over-reacted, misunderstood, and misinterpreted, and I'm not certain that we could debate rationally and calmly about the fine points of what you and I have brought up at this point.</p>
<p>I will make one point, though. When I describe one of your techniques as "plain wrong," that's MY opinion. Again, I'm entitled to it, and you can disagree, of course. If you had read Xiggi's previous posts, he actually said at one point essentially the same thing about some of RocketReview's material. I happen to disagree with him, but it was his opinion. I didn't see you getting incensed over that. Of course, it's because it wasn't YOUR book. It's natural for you to feel that everything contained in your book is right, and you're allowed to feel that way. At the same time, I should be allowed to feel that one or more of your techniques is not the most effective or is "wrong."</p>
<p>The main reason we are arguing right now, I feel (again, this is my PERCEPTION), is that I did not write a wholly positive review of your book. Xiggi's review was much more positive, so you had no problems with that. I had to be honest to my audience, however, and I was not going to feign unbridled enthusiasm over a book merely because everyone else said it was great and helped them a great deal. Why write a review in the first place, if I am not entitled to express my true feelings and opinions?? You got how I truly felt in the review, and you did not like it. Yes, you feel that I got the facts wrong, too. I actually don't think I did, and I could refute or clarify your understanding on all or most of the points if I had the time and the tone of your recent messages was more civil. But the fact that there were some negative comments in the review is why I think you were being overly defensive.</p>
<p>If you choose to respond, please do not misinterpret my words or attribute false statements to me again.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>I NEVER said that I am uniquely qualified to evaluate your book. Point to the exact words or sentences in which I said that. </p> </blockquote>
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<p>"Throwing all modesty aside, I do think I am one of the best people on this site to critique the book and offer a full review"</p>
<p>Sure sounds like it to me!</p>
<p>audiophile,</p>
<p>What does "uniquely qualified" mean to you? To me, it means that one is the ONLY person who is qualified to judge the book. Did I say that?? NO. I hope you read the review, and I hope you appreciate my time and effort and honesty. Please refrain from personal attacks or mischaracterizations. I wrote the review to help students on this site better understand the Grammatix guide and help them make their decisions, not to invite attacks. If I had known that I would get this much hostility, I'm not sure that I would have written the review in the first place. I guess I should have just written "It was the best book I've ever read!" and avoided all of this.</p>
<p>Hi all--</p>
<p>Thanks, audio. It sounded like it to me too.</p>
<p>I don't plan on being a lawyer. At all. Then why waste all this time and money on law school? Beats me. But that's irrelevant here.</p>
<p>I'm willing to leave the whole thing where it is if you are.</p>
<p>Deal?</p>
<p>Mike</p>
<p>This thread is closed. Thank you for the spirited debate.</p>